Recent content by AntiqueLowfreak

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    Guitar Center Chapter 11 Imminent

    Of course what I really wish would happen is that the individual stores would get sold of to local owners and become local forces again. Anyone around Dallas remember Arnold & Morgan Music?
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    Guitar Center Chapter 11 Imminent

    Well, once upon a time I went in to a GC to get some badly needed adapter cables. I could not find one human being anywhere. I did find the cables, went and put them by the register, and continued to hunt for someone to run the sale. I started to wonder if there had been an evacuation. I finally...
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    Anyone tuning at 432hz?

    I thought about it, researched all kinds of harmonics, measured a lot of stuff, and when you get down to it, "accurate" measurement standards are linked to atomic clocks that can in fact vary. Couple this with all the time dilation from gravitational effects and time becomes a rubber ruler. So...
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    Are you a 5 string or 4 string player?

    After decades on the upright 4 and then playing an electric 4, I went to the store to get a 5 string fretless. I had one picked out, and the guy said "If you like that, you might want to look at this", and out of the back room brought out a Carvin fretless 6 string. I plugged in, and 6 notes...
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    Kasino Bass combo

    OK, a few years late, but here goes... I had one of these. They used a 4-ohm 15" driver facing backwards into a folded horn. I replaced mine with a custom-built JBL D140 4-ohm recone, and it was great. The only thing is you had to be 20 feet away from it before you could really hear what it...